September 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Did a bb "rename" but still finding some old host data
by jonescr＠cisco.com 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

I recently used the bb "rename" command to rename a host that had switched usernames. Everything worked as expected, all of the trending data shows up under the new hostname. However, I can run "find" in the data directory, and under data/hostdata/ I still see the old hostname directory, with 40MB of data files in it. Also, there is no directory for the newly renamed host. The files appear to be the full client output data. Did the files not get properly moved? Should I now manually rename that directory, or are they linked to it and I should leave it alone? -Charles

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Weird Alerting behavior...bug or expected??
by etmsys＠rit.edu 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

We have the following the the Alerts file: # on-call page $TSSSYS_ONCALL_DAY=SCRIPT /home/hobbit/server/ext/qpage.pl tss_sys_oncall COLOR=red REPEAT=10 TIME=W:0800:1700 RECOVERED $TSSSYS_ONCALL_OFF=SCRIPT /home/hobbit/server/ext/qpage.pl tss_sys_oncall COLOR=red REPEAT=20 TIME=W:1700:0800 RECOVERED $TSSSYS_ONCALL_END=SCRIPT /home/hobbit/server/ext/qpage.pl tss_sys_oncall COLOR=red REPEAT=20 TIME=06:*:* RECOVERED $DUPING=%(mxgate) HOST=$DUPING SERVICE=conn $TSSSYS_ONCALL_DAY $TSSSYS_ONCALL_OFF $TSSSYS_ONCALL_END We had a host (mxgate03) go down at 3:15am, it sent 1 initial page, but no follow ups. No repeats. Does Monday from 12am-8am fall in a "limbo" timeframe where the 2nd rule does not apply since it's not a Weekday after 5pm, but before 8am??? The host was down for over 3 hours without any follow up pages. Do I need a rule similar to: $TSSSYS_ONCALL_MON=SCRIPT /home/hobbit/server/ext/qpage.pl tss_sys_oncall COLOR=red REPEAT=10 TIME=1:0000:0800 RECOVERED The different rules are suppose to repeat 10 minute during business hours, and 20 minutes off-hours. Any ideas? Is this a bug or expected behavior? Thanks. ---Eric

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Client for NetApp storage and Weblogic Server
by fduranti＠q8.it 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hi all, I'm currently developing 3 perl client to use with Network appliance Storage, Weblogic Servers and Database (SQL/Oracle/Informix and Mysql). At this moment only the weblogic and netapp scripts are available, the database check for Oracle/Informix and with connection check to sqlserver will be probably available the next week. I uploaded the scripts to deadcat but i got some problems downloading them so I've also created a project on sourceforge and I'm uploading the scripts there (and I will also try to create a mailing list so that if users have the need to contact me they can do that there). The homepage on sourceforge is http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbit-perl-cl/ <BLOCKED::http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbit-perl-cl/> Thanks and sorry for the advertise but this seems the better place to let users know about hobbit clients available :D Regards Francesco Duranti

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Change Hostname - Question for data
by rlapuz＠fcpp.fujitsu.com 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hi guys! One of our servers will be replaced with a new machine and the hostname and IP Address will be retained. (Only the machine will be replaced) However, we will still monitor the old machine with Hobbit. My question is that is the data from the old machine will be retained for its new hostname? I think there's a command with hobbit on how to change the hostname to monitor but can someone please advise me for the procedure? Thanks in advance! Ryan

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BBGHOSTS: in tree, but no host-info
by s_aiello＠comcast.net 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Today I change the BBGHOSTS to a value of 0 (it was 1) in hobbitserver.cfg. After making that change I sarted seeing messages in my hobbitd.log for a few hosts that read as follows: Hostname '%%' in tree, but no host-info 'bin/bb $BBDISP:$BBPORT "hobbitdboard host=%%"' returns nothing. I tried a 'bin/bb $BBDISP:$BBPORT "drop %%"' and it was no help. So what tree are these devices in and how do I get them out ? Hobbit 4.20 + allinone patch. Thank you for you assistance, ~Steve

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Hobbit in Debian
by myon＠debian.org 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hi, so weeks ago I started looking into hobbit since one of my company's customers is using it. Of course the fact that it wasn't included in Debian so far was nagging me, so I took the packages from sf.net, used Henrik's debian/ dir as base for mine, and uploaded the packages. http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/hobbit.html Of course there's probably bugs in the packaging, so comments would be very welcome. The original packaging was already very usable, so many thanks for the great work. There's also a hobbit-plugins package, but so far it only contains 2 plugins (an "apt" check, and a related check for upgraded libs still linked to running processes). http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/hobbit-plugins.html

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Decommission a monitored host
by trent.melcher＠sitel.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

What are thoughts on the best way to decommission a monitored server in hobbit? I would like to remove it from monitoring since it no longer exists. But want to keep all historical hobbit data for the server incorporated into all reports for "X" amount of time. Then retire this data off after that "X" amount of time to some kind of historical archive so its still available if needed. Maybe using some kind of historical reporting tool in hobbit. Anyone doing anything similar or have thoughts on the best way to achieve this? Thanks Trent

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PAGE=server/web directive problem in hobbit-clients.cfg
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

I am trying to write a proc rule to catch all the hosts in clearcase server page. Problem is that not all server have albd_server process showing up where there is albd_server process on clearcase servers. for example ccr600.test.com has albd_server process but it is not showing monitored. hobbit-clients.cfg PAGE=%.*/ClearCase PROC albd_server 1 -1 red from bb-hosts.apps subparent APPLICATION ClearCase ClearCase Servers group-compress Registry 0.0.0.0 ccr002.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr600.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr601.test.com # noconn group-compress View 0.0.0.0 ccr100.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr102.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr104.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr105.test.com # noconn References: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/manpages/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx…

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bbtest rrd file isn't getting updated anymore
by tomg＠mcclatchyinteractive.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Yesterday afternoon my bbtest rrd file stopped getting updated with new data, even though the bbtest-net test is running fine and the latest status update is displayed under the bbtest column. All of the other rrd files for my hobbit server are updating just fine and do not have any issues. I added --debug to the CMD line for the rrdstatus module in hobbitlauch.cfg, but nothing bbtest related is reported in the rrd-status.log. The bbtest data shows up fine when I watch the status channel, which make sense since the data is making it the webpage. What can I check next? Seems like there is a breakdown between what bbtest data goes into the status channel and what is rrdstatus is getting from the the status channel, but I don't know how to drill into that area. Thanks, Tom

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Graphs in hobbit
by joshuakrause＠triad.rr.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

How do i make the hobbit rrd graphs a little smaller? Thanks Josh

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